diff --git a/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/module.h b/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/module.h
index c1153640e..f75d8786c 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/module.h
+++ b/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/module.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct module_info {
 
 #define DEFINE_MODULE_INFO(name)					\
 	__attribute__((used))						\
+	__attribute__((retain))						\
 	__attribute__((section("pw_mod_pulse_modules")))		\
 	__attribute__((aligned(__alignof__(struct module_info))))	\
 	const struct module_info name
diff --git a/test/pwtest-implementation.h b/test/pwtest-implementation.h
index 7bfad01cf..1525d2056 100644
--- a/test/pwtest-implementation.h
+++ b/test/pwtest-implementation.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void _pwtest_add(struct pwtest_context *ctx,
 struct pwtest_suite_decl {
 	const char *name;
 	enum pwtest_result (*setup)(struct pwtest_context *, struct pwtest_suite *);
-} __attribute__((aligned(16)));
+};
 
 
 #endif /* PWTEST_IMPLEMENTATION_H */
diff --git a/test/pwtest.h b/test/pwtest.h
index 9c0737523..6d3070b79 100644
--- a/test/pwtest.h
+++ b/test/pwtest.h
@@ -494,9 +494,11 @@ enum pwtest_arg {
  */
 #define PWTEST_SUITE(cname) \
 	static enum pwtest_result (cname##__setup)(struct pwtest_context *ctx, struct pwtest_suite *suite); \
-	static const struct pwtest_suite_decl _test_suite \
 	__attribute__((used)) \
-	__attribute((section("pwtest_suite_section"))) = { \
+	__attribute__((retain)) \
+	__attribute__((section("pwtest_suite_section"))) \
+	__attribute__((aligned(__alignof__(struct pwtest_suite_decl)))) \
+	static const struct pwtest_suite_decl _test_suite = { \
 	   .name = #cname, \
 	   .setup = cname##__setup, \
 	}; \